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What's New

Version History

2.9.22

Feb 11, 2018

Improvements• Several performance improvements with regards to calculating statistics and iCloud Syncing.• Reduces memory consumption• Improved handling of HTML entities in episode descriptions• CarPlay tab order is now determined by your Startup View setting.• VO - Jump to time feature now uses 3 separate inputs rather than one, difficult to edit, input.

Bug Fixes• Fixes several issues leading to background crashes when the app was suspended.• Fixes issue causing long press action menu to stop working for some episode rows.• Fixes HTTP response caching issue.• Fixes weird layout issue on playlists• Fixes continuous play issue on CarPlay• Fixes issue where CarPlay didn't show playback progress on episode rows.• Fixes issue with episodes cutting off early.• Fixes out of sync badge count issue• Fixes issue where episodes could show as 'Queued for Download' despite having already been downloaded.• Fixes issue where episode could be duplicated in a playlist.• Fixes issue preventing pull-to-refresh from working on some episode lists

2.9.21

Dec 28, 2017

• Adds ability to control the amount of detail displayed in lists of episodes (new toolbar button).• CarPlay UI switched to tabbed UI• CarPlay UI now indicates which episodes are to be streamed• Performance & battery life improvements for users with huge playlists and large numbers of podcasts.• Fixes issue with certain media files being cut off early.• Fixes issue preventing iPhone X home bar from being hidden automatically when playing videos• Fixes issue preventing download of episodes from servers reporting incorrect `Content-Length`, within reason.• Fixes several issues leading to crashes in the background• Fixes several iCloud syncing related issues• Fixes issue that could cause syncing to stop working until opening in the foreground.• Fixes issue that could prevent CarPlay from launching Downcast while iPhone is locked.• Fixes several issues that could have led to the now playing information not being updated on the lock screen

2.9.20

Nov 9, 2017

• Fixes issue causing some episodes to end early• Fixes several minor UI layout issues introduced with iPhone X support• Fixes alignment of quick skip buttons on player for small iPhone models• Fixes skip back by 30s & 15s buttons on iPad• Fixes issue preventing refreshing a feed directly after subscription under some circumstances• Fixes calculation of storage usage• Fixes player episode details top offset for those not yet on iOS 11• Adds dynamic row height support for episode & podcast search result rows

2.9.16

2.9.14

Apr 11, 2016

New Features• Picture in Picture support for iPad

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue preventing downloading/streaming episodes directly from search results• Fixes issues with infrequent updating of podcast & playlist episode counts and other statistics• Fixes an iCloud syncing issue that could lead to downloaded episodes being marked for streaming• Improves chapter title display on player view• Fixes several crashes• Fixes a couple issues with video presentation on iPad

Other Changes• Drops support for iOS 8

2.9.13

Mar 30, 2016

• Significant improvement in iCloud syncing (see blog post: http://downcast.fm/2016/03/18/iCloud-Syncing.html)• Now ignores episodes that have no enclosure tag in their feeds• Fixes startup crash experienced by some users• Fixes issue with enlarged artwork on player view• Performance improvements• Fixes battery drain issue• Fixes issue with continuous play and imported episodes

2.9.12

Mar 10, 2016

• Fixes iCloud sync issue that could cause local episodes to be removed• Fixes temporary freezing when first opening/activating the app• Fixes issue with continuous play and imported episodes• Fixes issue with decoding descriptions of some episodes• No longer showing notices when VoiceOver is running• Improves refreshing of items on CarPlay

2.9.11

Feb 22, 2016

• Fixes issue causing continuous play to end• Fixes issue with manual playlists and continuous play• Fixes issue with buffering notice• Fixes text on crash reporting alert sheet• Fixes issue with pausing in background when playing back on ChromeCast

2.9.8

Features• Ability to further support Downcast's development by leaving tips (on iPhone: More tab -> Support Downcast, on iPad: Gear Icon -> Support Downcast)

Enhancements• Memory/CPU/Battery usage improvements

Bug Fixes• Fixes issues with syncing episode information after subscribing to a podcast• Fixes issue with perpetually loading video player when episodes advertise themselves as having video tracks but actually do not.• Fixes issue with streaming playback stopping when internet connection is lost but there is still buffered content.• Fixes issue where player would stall with 'Buffering...' notice visible and never finish loading the episode.• Fixes issue continuous play issues• Fixes issue leading to auto-play during a background refresh• Fixes link detection in show notes in player view• Fixes issue with status bar text color after clean install• Fixes issue that could leave you stuck on the splash screen following a crash in the last session

2.9.7

Dec 14, 2015

• Fixes continuous play issue when playing from playlists• Fixes issue where pull-to-refresh control did not appear for some podcasts when viewing their episode list.• Improves performance of player view when first transitioning to it and when transitioning to an episode to stream.• Fixes several crash conditions• Improvement scroll offset of player view episode details after rotation

2.9.4

Nov 23, 2015

• Fixes issue with control center/lock screen icons for skip back/forward• Fixes crash when episode reaches end while using Google Cast• Fixes issues with Airplay• Fixes issue with skip back/forward buttons on control center & lock screen• Fixes crash when finishing playback when using Google Cast• Fixes crash after playback of a list completes• Improved handling of non-http(s) URL schemes from show notes• Links in show notes detected as links to Apps Store are now opened directly in the App Store app.• Global swipe to pop gesture now works on the player view if you have Downcast's gestures disabled.• Fixes Voice Over labels for Downloads/Settings/Add/Refresh buttons on iPad• Fixes issue with continuous play setting being ignored when disabled• Fixes issue with skipping back a few seconds when switching the active playlist.• Video playback is now paused when tapping the 'Done' button (matches past behavior prior to 2.9.3)• Restores social media links and stats area on the iPad settings popover• Fixes layout issues during feed refreshes• Time remaining label updates while scrubbing• Fixes label for mark as played/unplayed on the large gesture view on iPad

2.9.3

Nov 14, 2015

• Fixes issues with not receiving remote control events and not appearing in the control center or lock screen.• Fixes issues with using Google Cast.• Adds support for audio-only Google Cast devices.• New, unified player interface. All controls are now available for audio and video playback, as well as when using Google Cast.• Reduces battery consumption caused by updating Watch app too frequently.• When streaming a downloading episode, playback switches to the downloaded episode when the download completes.• In iOS 9, apps registered as using occasional spoken audio (navigation apps, exercise apps, etc) will now pause Downcast's audio then resume it once the spoken audio is completed.• Drops support for iOS 7

2.9.2

Sep 17, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes startup crash for iOS 7 users

2.9.1

Sep 15, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue in watch app where 'Other Available Episodes' button may not be visible.• Fixes a few issues on the import UI - Restores the Select All/None button.• Fixes issue causing video episodes to play when app is brought to foreground.• Fixes issue causing other app audio to always be silenced when bringing app to foreground.• Fixes issue with difficult to tap downloads button on iPad• Fixes voice over issue where "Elapsed Time" and "Remaining Time" weren't announced on the video player• Fixes visual issue with elapsed time/remaining time labels causing the progress slider's width to jump back and forth• Fixes issue with Played/Empty visibility buttons on iPad• Reduces duplication of podcast title when viewing either podcast details or episode details.

2.9.0

Aug 25, 2015

New Features• Apple Watch support• You can now specify the name of the new podcast to create when importing media files.

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue where enabling iCloud would only restore a few podcasts at a time.• Fixes issue with blank podcast title when importing media files into a new podcast.• Fixes issue with import/opening of some podcast feed schemes.• Fixes issue with Show/Hide played/empty podcasts button disappearing.• Fixes issue with Downcast not showing up in "Open In..." dialog when trying to open media files from other apps.

2.8.36

Jul 31, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue preventing Downcast from importing OPML

2.8.35

Jul 29, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes crash during background refresh• Potential fix for subscription duplication• Fixes secondary sort to control order of episodes in feeds that publish multiple episodes at the same time with the same publication date.• Fixes encoding issues causing special characters in episode titles and notes to be stripped.

2.8.34

Jul 2, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue preventing podcast artwork from showing up right after subscribing to a new podcast• Fixes VoiceOver issues related to the start/finish time indention settings• Fixes VoiceOver issue preventing adjustment of play position slider in video player

2.8.33

Jun 13, 2015

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue where partially played episodes were also counted as unplayed.• Fixes potential crash when choosing to download all episodes in a list.• Fixes issues with sorting the list of playlists

2.8.32

Jun 1, 2015

Enhancements• UI improvements for the table rows in the podcasts list. The disclosure triangle has been removed to provide more space for the title and un-clutter the row. The episode summary label is now aligned to the bottom so it looks intentional.

Bug Fixes• Fixes issue causing video player controls not to become visible when tapped screen is tapped if Downcast’s Gestures setting is disabled.• Fixes issue during video playback causing video to permanently disappear when a notification appears• Fixes issue with zoomed artwork not shrinking down while in landscape• Fixes issue causing Facebook app to crash when tapping Facebook link on More tab• Fixes issue with play position slider on iPad not being accessible• Fixes issue preventing the pull to refresh UI from keeping its “Refreshed on” label up to date.

Feb 11, 2018

Version 2.9.22

Improvements• Several performance improvements with regards to calculating statistics and iCloud Syncing.• Reduces memory consumption• Improved handling of HTML entities in episode descriptions• CarPlay tab order is now determined by your Startup View setting.• VO - Jump to time feature now uses 3 separate inputs rather than one, difficult to edit, input.

Bug Fixes• Fixes several issues leading to background crashes when the app was suspended.• Fixes issue causing long press action menu to stop working for some episode rows.• Fixes HTTP response caching issue.• Fixes weird layout issue on playlists• Fixes continuous play issue on CarPlay• Fixes issue where CarPlay didn't show playback progress on episode rows.• Fixes issue with episodes cutting off early.• Fixes out of sync badge count issue• Fixes issue where episodes could show as 'Queued for Download' despite having already been downloaded.• Fixes issue where episode could be duplicated in a playlist.• Fixes issue preventing pull-to-refresh from working on some episode lists

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5

88 Ratings

88 Ratings

Used to be awesome...

Aug 27, 2016

MyHazelnut

Downcast used to be awesome until about 6 month ago when it became unstable, crashing 3 to 4 times in the first 10 minutes of play and then multiple times through the night. Totally unreliable since then. I've complained to Downcast support and I haven't heard back from them. Shame on you Downcast!!

Used to be awesome...

Aug 27, 2016

MyHazelnut

Downcast used to be awesome until about 6 month ago when it became unstable, crashing 3 to 4 times in the first 10 minutes of play and then multiple times through the night. Totally unreliable since then. I've complained to Downcast support and I haven't heard back from them. Shame on you Downcast!!

Please update to iOS 10 or fix the app! It became a huge battery drainer!

Oct 1, 2016

mxruden

Please, please, I beg you, update your app to to iOS 10 or do something to fix it! Downcast used to be my favorite podcast app and I still love it for the functions, UX and customizability but after I updated my iPhone 6s plus to iOS 10 it became pretty much unusable because it just sucks my battery dry in 3.5-4 hours with normal use and also uses up almost all of 2GB of my phone's memory which is not normal. And while playing my phone all the time stays burning hot, I probably couldn't hold it without the case on. That's how hot it is. I checked many times, it's absolutely Downcast's doing. Other apps, including native Podcasts app don't do anything even close like this. Thank you.

Please update to iOS 10 or fix the app! It became a huge battery drainer!

Oct 1, 2016

mxruden

Please, please, I beg you, update your app to to iOS 10 or do something to fix it! Downcast used to be my favorite podcast app and I still love it for the functions, UX and customizability but after I updated my iPhone 6s plus to iOS 10 it became pretty much unusable because it just sucks my battery dry in 3.5-4 hours with normal use and also uses up almost all of 2GB of my phone's memory which is not normal. And while playing my phone all the time stays burning hot, I probably couldn't hold it without the case on. That's how hot it is. I checked many times, it's absolutely Downcast's doing. Other apps, including native Podcasts app don't do anything even close like this. Thank you.

Downcast and I are best friends.

Oct 1, 2016

A Canuck

We spend hours together. My favourite is that you can set global options like 1.25 speed, and save 2 unplayed episodes, but override that per podcast, so you can listen to your music podcasts at normal speed, or grab all podcasts for the title you are binging on, and reset it later. Love it.

Downcast and I are best friends.

Oct 1, 2016

A Canuck

We spend hours together. My favourite is that you can set global options like 1.25 speed, and save 2 unplayed episodes, but override that per podcast, so you can listen to your music podcasts at normal speed, or grab all podcasts for the title you are binging on, and reset it later. Love it.